William Cunningham
3 August 1655–
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
The Life Summary of William
When William Cunningham was born on 3 August 1655, in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Johne Cuninghame, was 40 and his mother, Bessie Daviesone, was 28.
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Family Time Line
Johne Cuninghame
1615–1673
Bessie Daviesone
1626–1681
Janet Cuningham
1649–1701
Thomas Cuninghame
1653–
William Cunningham
1655–
Alexander Cuninghame
1657–
James Cuninghame
1659–
Charles Cunningham
1660–
Parents and Siblings
1615–1673Male
1626–1681Female
Siblings
(6)
1649–1701Female
1653–Male
1655–Male
1657–Male
1659–Male
+1 More Child
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from the province of Cunningham in Ayrshire, first recorded in 1153 in the form Cunegan, a Celtic name of uncertain origin. The spellings in -ham, first recorded in 1180, and in -ynghame, first recorded in 1227, represent a gradual assimilation to the English placename element -ingham.Irish: surname adopted from Gaelic Ó Cuinneagáin ‘descendant of Cuinneagán’, a personal name from a double diminutive of the Old Irish personal name Conn meaning ‘leader, chief’. This name is also adopted for Ó Connacháin, a variant of Ó Connagáin ‘descendant of Connagán’, from a diminutive of the personal name Conn.History: A family of this name (see 1 above) can be traced back to Wernebald de Cunynghame, who was granted the manor of Cunningham by Hugh de Morville in the early 12th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Cunigan
Conahan
Conaghan
Cuningham
Cummingham
Cunnigham
Sources (1)
- Williame Cuninghame, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
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